Sara James added 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting, while Amber Orrange made 6-of-9
field goal attempts in a 16-point effort as the Cardinal (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12)
tuned up for Tuesday's showdown at No. 7 California.

Iwalani Rodrigues netted a game-high 21 points for Utah (9-4, 0-2), which was
dealt its third consecutive loss and second straight to a nationally ranked
conference foe. The Utes were handed a 55-50 setback by Cal on Friday.

Stanford stayed in front all the way after James' 3-pointer with 12:38 left in
the first half snapped a 9-9 tie, but had to ward off several challenges from
the Utes before breaking things open down the stretch.

Utah trailed just 20-19 following Rodrigues' triple with just over four
minutes remaining in the opening period and faced a 29-24 deficit at halftime,
with Rodrigues' fastbreak layup with 1:04 to go enabling the Utes to close the
gap.

A 10-2 Stanford run capped by Joslyn Tinkle's steal and layup with 11:41 left
put the Cardinal up by a 47-37 count, but back-to-back baskets by Rodrigues
cut the margin down to six a minute later.

It remained a 6-point differential entering the final five minutes, with
Michelle Plouffe's trey pulling Utah within 56-50. Ogwumike scored on the
other end, however, to ignite a 6-0 spurt that gave the Cardinal back a
double-digit advantage, and the Utes never got closer than nine points down
over the remainder of the contest.